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Sirens fill the streets. Police cars flash passersby with blue lights. The capital city pauses. But no one’s phone buzzes with alerts. No one seeks shelter. No one scans the sky for missiles. The scene is Warsaw, not Kyiv. Every year on Aug. 1, at 5:00 p.m., sirens wail, and civilians stop to remember the start of the Warsaw Uprising. This year, the 80th anniversary of this armed resistance against foreign rule coincided with Taylor Swift’s concerts in Warsaw. It was a moment of cultural collision: Polish scouts in uniform stood beside visiting fans dressed in sequins. Even the Swifties were i...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Sirens fill the streets. Police cars flash passersby with blue lights. The capital city pauses. But no one’s phone buzzes with alerts. No one seeks shelter. No one scans the sky for missiles. The scene is Warsaw, not Kyiv. Every year on Aug. 1, at 5:00 p.m., sirens wail, and civilians stop to remember the start of the Warsaw Uprising. This year, the 80th anniversary of this armed resistance against foreign rule coincided with Taylor Swift’s concerts in Warsaw. It was a moment of cultural collision: Polish scouts in uniform stood beside visiting fans dressed in sequins. Even the Swifties were i...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted Thursday by his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk before heading to Kyiv for top-level meetings. Modi and Tusk met for talks on security, the war on Ukraine by India's strategic partner Russia, and invigorating bilateral ties. They were expected to make statements, and later the Indian leader is to meet with Poland's President Andrzej Duda. Ahead of his visit, Modi said Poland was India's key economic partner in Central Europe. The two leaders are expected to sign bilateral strategic cooperation agreements covering cybersecurity and the defence sect...
Euronews (English)
Employees in Poland's enterprise sector received, on average, 10.6% more in monthly wages in July 2024, compared with the same period a year earlier. When compared with the previous month, wages grew by 1.6%, Poland's statistics office confirmed on Wednesday. In June, the annual change came in at 11%, while the monthly shift was recorded at 1.8%. This means that wages are still increasing when they aren't adjusted for inflation, although the rate of growth is slowing. "The rise of average nominal wages is not surprising given that Poland is still facing one of the highest inflation rates in th...
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Polish space science and technology reached a historical moment with the successful launch of the EagleEye satellite into Earth's orbit. Facilitated by SpaceX, the mission took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The EagleEye project, which began in April 2020, represents a collaborative effort between a consortium of industrial and scientific organisations. SpaceX's mega rocket launch outperforms previous test flights but will have 'no splashdown'Creotech Instruments S.A. leads the consortium, with contributions from Scanway Sp. z o.o. and the Space Research Center of the Po...
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has responded to a flurry of reports about who was responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, by calling for the "initiators and patrons" of the project that benefitted Russia to "apologize and keep quiet." Poland has come under particular scrutiny in recent days over the act of sabotage which is still being investigated by Germany, with a former head of Berlin’s foreign intelligence agency, BND, earlier this week claiming it could not have been carried out without Warsaw's support. On Aug. 16, Krzysztof Gawkowski, a deputy Polish prime mini...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has responded to a flurry of reports about who was responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, by calling for the "initiators and patrons" of the project that benefitted Russia to "apologize and keep quiet." Poland has come under particular scrutiny in recent days over the act of sabotage which is still being investigated by Germany, with a former head of Berlin’s foreign intelligence agency, BND, earlier this week claiming it could not have been carried out without Warsaw's support. On Aug. 16, Krzysztof Gawkowski, a deputy Polish prime mini...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has responded to a flurry of reports about who was responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, by calling for the "initiators and patrons" of the project that benefitted Russia to "apologize and keep quiet." Poland has come under particular scrutiny in recent days over the act of sabotage which is still being investigated by Germany, with a former head of Berlin’s foreign intelligence agency, BND, earlier this week claiming it could not have been carried out without Warsaw's support. On Aug. 16, Krzysztof Gawkowski, a deputy Polish prime mini...
Kyiv Independent
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday reacted to reports that revived questions about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, saying the initiators of the gas pipeline project should “apologize and keep quiet.” That comment came after one of his deputies denied a claim that Warsaw was partly responsible for its damage. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Ukrainian authorities were responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in September 2022, a dramatic act of sabotage that cut Germany off from a key source of energy and worsened an energy crisis i...
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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that his country will strive to host the Summer Olympics for the first time, with a particular eye on the games in 2040 and 2044. Tusk was speaking at a sports field in Karczew, a town south of Warsaw, on Friday, where boys were doing football training behind him. "Life will show whether this is a realistic goal," he said. "Taking into account the initial decisions, commitments, declarations of the International Olympic Committee, we can talk about 2040 or 2044." "I dedicate this decision to today's 10, 12, 15-year-olds that Poland will formall...
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